3/ Shitong Qiao @shitongqiao.bsky.social who is quoted in the NYT story has written THE definitive book on homeowners association as spaces for political activism and engagement in China. It's meticulous and brilliant.
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Based on six-year fieldwork across China including over 200 in-depth interviews, this book provides an ethnographic account of how hundreds of millions of Chinese homeowners practice democracy in and ...